Gruber's departure comes as the Siri group is seeing a major haul in its leadership under new boss John Giannandrea , formerly Google's head of AI and search. Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer, with whom Gruber founded the original Siri Inc before it was bought over by Apple in 2010, left the iPhone maker years ago in 2011 and 2012 respectively.

In India, the ZenFone Max Pro starts at around 10,999 Indian rupee (which converts to about $165, £115 and AU$215) for the base 3GB RAM and 32GB onboard storage, but for Singapore, the same phone will go for S$348, or about $255, £195 and AU$345.

Sorry but this amount is ridiculous, this is a foreign block of countries issuing punitive damages against an American corp. Google Chrome deserves to be at 80% market share, it's ten thousand times better than Internet Explorer, Edge and others

The new Ubuntu Server has arrived and it promises to be the most cloud-friendly platform on the planet. Whether that is true or not has yet to be decided. However, what has been made crystal clear is that the installation of Ubuntu Server has changed. Although the installation is still text-based (keeping it on the lite side), there have been quite a few changes. Not only will you immediately notice a pretty drastic cosmetic change in the installer, there are a few additions that might cause an eyebrow or two to raise (not necessarily in a bad way).

Instagram is reportedly testing a new feature that lets public profiles remove people from their followers list with just a few taps. Private profiles have had the ability to remove followers for a while now, but it looks like the option is about to roll out to everyone.

The Wall Street Journal’s Timothy Martin reports that Samsung’s highly anticipated foldable phone will arrive early next year with a flexible 7-inch screen and a secondary display bar on the exterior of the device.

Under Armour's new Engineered by JBL rugged on-ear wireless sport headphones give weightlifters and cross-trainers the on-ear design they love with fabrics and technology custom-engineered for the gym.

This is the second such fine the EU has imposed on the tech giant in just over a year, and it could mean big changes to the world's most popular mobile platform. The punishment comes amid wider scrutiny over the power that tech giants like Google and Facebook wield over our lives.

IBM and the VA stressed how the partnership has focused largely on helping rural veterans with less access to cutting-edge cancer facilities. The VA established a hub in Durham, North Carolina where a small group of oncologists and pathologists have received tumor samples from patients nationwide. More than one-third of the patients treated by the VA's precision oncology program are Veterans from rural areas.

The Fox/Disney deal will give Disney a controlling stake in Hulu as well as 21st Century Fox's film and television studios, cable entertainment networks, and international properties including Star in India and Fox's 39-percent ownership of Sky. The DOJ's approval of the Fox/Disney deal requires Disney to divest Fox-owned regional sports networks.

Too little Too LATE!!! Is the worst experience in third world countries, some people don't even understand the platform, they don't know about users/cat copy media or nothing at all. You people #areReapingtheSocialFabricApart

Competition between TV streaming services has started to heat up the last year. Apple has assembled its own TV team that’s set to spend $1 billion on original content in 2018. The company hasn’t revealed how it will distribute its content but it has over a dozen shows in the works.

We shouldn't expect a new generation of Xbox games consoles, but Microsoft isn't giving us any clue as to what exactly it has planned for the announcement. Is it just new Xbox hardware and game bundles for the holidays or something a little more surprising?

"The past few weeks have certainly been eventful ones for the Spider-Man franchise. Writer Dan Slott ended a 10-year stint on Amazing Spider-Man, paving the way for a relaunched series featuring writer Nick Spencer and artist Ryan Ottley. The new creative team wasted no time making Peter Parker miserable in issue #1, including stripping him of his doctorate and journalism career and making him a pariah in the superhero community. But undoubtedly the biggest development in Amazing Spider-Man #1 involves the return of one element many fans assumed they'd never see again - a romance between Peter and Mary Jane. The question is whether this familiar love affair is a positive development for the series or merely a chance for Marvel to make headlines by reviving old controversies." -Jesse

State salary expectations early on in the process, whether it's to HR, a recruiter or manager. Be clear what you're targeting so there aren't any surprises or low ball offers at the offer stage. However, don't change that number. It will leave a bad taste in the company's mouth if you state a salary at the beginning, and drastically change it at the end of the interview process. The employer will think you're solely money motivated and not care about the company.

The report noted data security doesn't receive a lot of spending attention. A barrier to improving cyberdefense could be a perceived lack of need for it, as 52% of US retail respondents reported. Additional factors in the report included the impact on business performance (47%) and perceptions of complexity (46%).

I ’m chatting to my doctor. My doctor is a robot. I’m asking it, through my smartphone, about the pain in my ankles. I happen to know that it’s Achilles tendinopathy - inflammation of the tendons resulting from too much hard running - but will the robot correctly diagnose this? In other words, is artificial intelligence - computer systems that can recreate and often improve on human decision-making, known as AI - really going to take over medicine, as many experts claim?

In 2008, Google introduced Project Oxygen, a research project to find what components make a great Google manager. Through the research, Google found eight key behaviors among top-performing managers and transferred them to their own manager development program, said Google in a blog post .

"Our latest Enterprise Mobile Security Pulse Report confirms enterprise exposure to risks from excessive data gathering and sharing by commonly used social and communications apps," Seth Hardy, Appthority director of security research, said in the release. "By shining a light on the apps and risks commonly found and blacklisted in enterprises, our goal is to help security teams better secure their data and employees and make more informed security decisions."

Imagine joining an engineering team. You’re excited and full of ideas, probably just out of school and a world of clean, beautiful designs, awe-inspiring in their aesthetic unity of purpose, economy, and strength. You start by meeting Mary, project leader for a bridge in a major metropolitan area. Mary introduces you to Fred, after you get through the fifteen security checks installed by Dave because Dave had his sweater stolen off his desk once and Never Again. Fred only works with wood, so you ask why he’s involved because this bridge is supposed to allow rush-hour traffic full of cars full of mortal humans to cross a 200-foot drop over rapids. Don’t worry, says Mary, Fred’s going to handle the walkways. What walkways? Well Fred made a good case for walkways and they’re going to add to the bridge’s appeal. Of course, they’ll have to be built without railings, because there’s a strict no railings rule enforced by Phil, who’s not an engineer. Nobody’s sure what Phil does, but it’s definitely full of synergy and has to do with upper management, whom none of the engineers want to deal with so they just let Phil do what he wants.

Okay, so leaving your computer alone at Starbucks isn't going to damage it, per se, but it can still leave you without a working PC. This should go without saying, but I've seen it happen too often: don't leave your computer unattended, even for a second. Not only could it easily get stolen, but it's shocking what a moderately tech-savvy person can do to a machine with a few minutes of physical access—and the last thing you want is a keylogger running on your computer, stealing all your personal information. Just don't do it.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Samsung foldable phone will have a 7-inch screen when it’s open. It will be able to close up like a wallet. This is in line with a previous report that indicated that this flexible model will have a 7.3-inch OLED display.

I’ll continue futzing with Screen Time to see if I can get it to work, but right now it’s still very much a work in progress. The promise is huge, though. Even for folks with pretty good discipline, it’s easy to lose track of how long you spend on Twitter, or your favorite internet forum web site. With Screen Time, you can take control of how you use your time.

Amazon, the world's largest online store, is selective about which Google products it sells. It doesn't sell Google Home, a $130 smart speaker powered by Google's AI "Assistant." When you search for the device on Amazon's site, you'll see results for other products, including the e-commerce giant's rival Echo speaker, powered by its AI, Alexa. Amazon does sell some Nest products, like the $250 smart thermostat and $120 smoke detector, but not others, such as the Nest E, a $170 version of its thermostat, or the Nest Secure alarm system.

The Tower Theater was built in 1927. It was the creation of S. Charles Lee — actually the very first of about 400 theaters he’d go on to design. The lobby is already devoted to retail, while the auditorium is used by a church, so the LA Apple Store won’t interfere with its functioning.

Corrugations : was looking to take some photos in a rather cluttered, messy industrial space. As I became more frustrated at the lack of interesting images, my eye honed in on smaller details. A simple and striking black and white image of cardboard scraps resulted. Shot on iPhone X Photo: Glenn Homann/Austrailia

The best change compared to the original Go is that the unit now works as a proper audio interface. The old one (which is still available), would route all the connected instruments and mics to the iPhone for recording, but there was no way to listen to what was happening on the iPhone itself. That meant that you couldn’t send your clean guitar signal to an amp simulator app, and then have the resulting output routed to your headphones. The Go Mixer Pro fixes this. If you press the Loopback button, you get to hear the full mix through your headphones, via the iOS output.

Leigh Marie Braswell / Leigh Marie has previously worked at Google, Jane Street, and Blend with roles in software engineering, machine learning research, and product management. She was recognized as one of the top 10 competitive female mathematicians in the United States by the Math Prize for Girls Competition. She studied computer science at MIT.

Companies don’t always succeed at keeping user data private, but Venmo doesn’t even seem to be trying. This service that allows users to make payments to individuals or merchants has the privacy for transactions set to public by default.

According to Gary Grider, head of its LANL's HPC division, the Raspberry Pi cluster offers the same testing capabilities as a traditional supercomputing testbed, which could cost as much as $250m. In contrast 750 Raspberry Pi boards at $35 each would cost just under $48,750, though the actual cost of installing the rack-mounted Pi clusters, designed by Bitscope, would likely be more.

"Far too many U.S. airports have sacrificed the security of their Wi-Fi networks for consumer convenience," Dror Liwer, Coronet's founder and CISO, said in a press release. "As a result, business travelers in particular put not just their devices, but their company's entire digital infrastructure at risk every time they connect to Wi-Fi that is unencrypted, unsecured or improperly configured. Until such time when airports take responsibility and improve their cybersecurity posture, the accountability is on each individual flyer to be aware of the risks and take the appropriate steps to minimize the danger."

Prime Day is done, but if you didn't have a chance to nab any deals earlier this week, there are still a few available discounts on Amazon (and a few from rival sites for good measure). Check them out below.

The pioneering music-streaming service provides a superior social listening experience. Spotify lets users share playlists and see what their friends are listening to. You can also follow individual artists to stay on top of your favorite acts’ latest music or inspirations. Plus, Spotify’s personalized music discovery features prove great for expanding your musical horizons.

There's no word on how much the Transition will cost, but it's hard to imagine who the buyer for this would actually be. Like most two-in-one designs, it doesn't seem like it's particularly great at either flying or driving. You'd almost be better off buying a Cessna and a Miata for what would likely be a fraction of the money.